r/sandiego • u/NochillWill123 City Heights • 2d ago

San Diego police non-emergency is a joke

Today I woke up to a car blocking the drive way I was in and had to goto work. Called 3 different towing companies all said need to call police since it’s public street. Then I called the non emergency hotline and cops never showed up . I guess people can get away with parking where ever on the street .

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u/GrammerSnob 2d ago

We need to split the police into (at least) two different entities.

One entity for when a "good guy with a gun" is actually warranted. Robberies, violence, etc.

A second entity for situations where a different kind of training and resolution is necessary. Minor disputes, blocked cars, etc.

Right now we have this "one size fits all" approach where a single department is expected to have training and experience to deal with murders, suicides, mental health crises, disputes between neighbors, juvenile issues, domestic violence, addiction, homlessness, etc etc... It's too much.

"Defund the police" is an awful moniker, but I really do believe we need to relieve the burden off police so that they can focus solely on one category of crime, and let different agencies take up the slack and be more responsive to stuff like "my neighbor blocked my driveway" types of crime.

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u/TheWayofTheSchwartz 2d ago

I work with LEO and they say the exact same thing. Defund the police, but shrink their area of responsibility to just what they're really trained to do so they can do it well.

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u/auto_generate_user 2d ago

Unfortunately over 50% of voters in this state have far too few brain cells to understand how any of this really works. They will simply repeat the endless echo chamber to feel righteous... Especially if the "evil" side supports more $$ to LE.

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u/GrammerSnob 2d ago

The "evil" side isn't really evil in most cases, just ignorant. They can't (or don't care to) think past "more police = less crime".

I think we can be smarter about how we allocate our resources. Let's let the armed response team deal with the dangerous situations, and create an unarmed response team to handle non-emergency, non-violent situations.

Which political party do you think supports that idea?

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u/youneverknow2018 1d ago

Calling one side “evil’ is a sure way to get people to agree with you on policy.